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The Stigma of Mental Illness

By Brennan Mallonee | November 18, 2004

To the Editor: As a Dartmouth student with a mental illness, I can personally assure you that there is stigma surrounding mental illness on campus -- both from students and professors (The Dartmouth, "We wanted to create an event for reducing the stigma about mental health issues on campus," November 12). To deny that is to deny the daily struggles of all the students who silently fight with a mental illness while trying to maintain their studies and relationships.

News

Porter's condition sees improvement

By Jessica Chen | November 18, 2004

Nine months after Christina Porter '06's accident at the Dartmouth Skiway, she is slowly gaining more and more consciousness, with the help of specialists and rehabilitators at the JFK Johnson Hartwyck Rehabilitation Center in Edison, N.J. Porter's life today is defined by a series of monumental firsts.

Opinion

Depression, Dementia and Suicide

By John Mills Talmadge | November 18, 2004

To the Editor: The tragic story of the judge who committed suicide without seeking diagnosis and treatment for his condition merits our serious attention (The Dartmouth, "Judge writes suicide note in Rauner Library," November 16). Many older individuals suffer from clinical depression that is mistaken for dementia (commonly called "senility"). Depression is a very treatable condition. To our misfortune many patients and physicians mistake memory problems for permanent brain damage when, in fact, memory almost always improves when a depressed patient recovers from a bout of the serious blues.

Sports

Before blizzard season comes, sailors catch the last wind

By Jon Kling | November 18, 2004

Though students may think Dartmouth is the coldest college in the East, the Big Green sailors had to shovel snow out of their boats before racing this Saturday at the 33rd Atlantic Coast Dinghy Championship, hosted by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. In college sailing, the ACCs are usually viewed as a strong indicator for performance through the spring season and nationals.

News

Behind capital campaign, Pelzel works to raise big bucks

By Dax Tejera | November 18, 2004

Editor's Note: This is the seventh in a multi-part series on the College's senior administration and the issues facing Dartmouth today and in the future. At a glitzy New York presentation Saturday, Dartmouth officially announced the start of its ambitious five-year, $1.3 billion capital campaign, the "Campaign for the Dartmouth Experience." The meeting was the first of hundreds whereby College leaders will travel across the country to send the message to invest in Dartmouth.

Opinion

He Swept Her Off Her Feet

By Pherabe Kolb | November 18, 2004

To the Editor: I read The Dartmouth from time to time and was pleased to see your article about Joyce and Ken, the beloved janitors in Topliff/New Hamp ("Topliff love: Gone with the Windex?" November 16). I lived in Topliff from 1993-1994 and remember with great fondness all that Joyce did to make our dorm a great place to live.

Arts

Moe jams its way through a perfect show in Portland

By Scott Muir | November 17, 2004

After over 12 years of constant touring, Moe* has established itself as one of today's hardest working rock bands. The band has built up an extremely dedicated fan base the old fashioned way: practicing and playing as much as possible.

Opinion

Society's Theater of Violence

By Michael Martin | November 17, 2004

On Friday, Nov. 12, 2004, the jury in the Scott Peterson murder trial reached a verdict. After less than eight hours of deliberation, the jury found Scott Peterson guilty of murder in the first degree in the death of his wife, Laci Peterson, and murder in the second degree in the death of his unborn son, Conor.

News

Vt. Police crash KDE formal

By Kate Lyon | November 17, 2004

The Kappa Delta Epsilon sorority formal Monday night saw some uninvited guests: the Hartford Police. Police decided to check whether the Coolidge Hotel in White River Junction, Vt., where the formal was held, was enforcing liquor laws, said front desk manager Midge Stebbins.

Sports

Getting to Know ...

By Mark Sweeney | November 17, 2004

Following in the footsteps of such journalistic luminaries as Mike Wallace, Barbara Walters and Ed Bradley, The Dartmouth's Mark Sweeney catches up with the big names on campus and asks the questions that others have too much professionalism or integrity to ask. Today, Sweeney sits down with croquet star Dan Linsalata '07 .

News

Dean prescribes cure for health crisis

By Elise Waxenberg | November 17, 2004

Dartmouth Medical School Dean Stephen Spielberg prescribed remedies for the country's pharmaceutical crisis during an inaugural lecture Tuesday night by a new healthcare awareness group on campus. Drawing on his background as a clinical pharmacologist, Spielberg advocated individualizing both the process of producing drugs and the selection of treatment options for patients in his address, titled "Angst at the Interface of the Professional and Pecuniary Worlds." Spielberg began by providing background on the evolution of pharmaceuticals and then went on to emphasize the complexity of the problems currently facing the medical profession as the field becomes more driven by financial constraints. "This is not simple," he said.

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